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The Eidgenössisches Schützenfest: A Traditional Shooting Festival, Stephen P. Halbrook
The Eidgenössisches Schützenfest: A Traditional Shooting Festival, Stephen P. Halbrook
Swiss American Historical Society Review
The Eidgenössisches Schützenfest (Swiss federal shooting competition), the largest rifle shooting match in the world, is held every five years in a different region of Switzerland. I have participated in five of the matches at Thun in 1995, Bière in 2000, Frauenfeld in 2005, Aarau in 2010, and Raron (Visp) in 2015. The Luzern 2020 matches have been rescheduled to 2021 due to the coronavirus.
Where Are The Sons Of Tell? A Brief History Of The Formative Years Of Swiss Biathlon, 1957-1964, Robert Sherwood
Where Are The Sons Of Tell? A Brief History Of The Formative Years Of Swiss Biathlon, 1957-1964, Robert Sherwood
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Despite the lack of international success in biathlon, the sport has a long history in the Swiss Confederation. Biathlon, which combines the long-distance endurance of Nordic skiing and the precision marksmanship of rifle shooting, would seem a perfect match for the Swiss. In the 2010s, the Gasparin sisters (Elisa, Aita and Selina), along with Benjamin Weger, have helped Switzerland start to realize its potential as a player in the world of biathlon. But in the early years of the sport, the Swiss were not at the top of the list for strong biathlon nations. The reasons for this lack of …
Meeder, Sven, The Irish Scholarly Presence At St. Gall—Networks Of Knowledge In The Early Middle Ages, Ken Shonk
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Founded in 720 C.E., the Monastery at St. Gall is located in the modern Swiss city of Saint Gallus. The complex is built on the grave of its namesake and is home to wide array of texts written by Irish scholars, or reflective of Irish learning during the “Carolingian renaissance.” How these works by Gaelic-Irish scholars arrived at St. Gall is the primary concern of Sven Meeder’s intellectual history of Hiberno-Latin texts.
The Swiss In The Swabian War Of 1499: An Analysis Of The Swiss Military At The End Of The Fifteenth Century, Albert Winkler
The Swiss In The Swabian War Of 1499: An Analysis Of The Swiss Military At The End Of The Fifteenth Century, Albert Winkler
Swiss American Historical Society Review
By the end of the fifteenth century, the states of the Swiss Confederation had enjoyed almost complete autonomy from the neighboring feudal powers for generations. During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the states of the Swiss Confederation were beset by external threats to their security, independence, and existence. The largest single menace to Swiss independence was the Habsburg family who often controlled their lands according to monarchal authority and a social structure which kept their subject peoples as unfree serfs.
Pierroz, Philippe, Quand Des Valaisan Colonisaient Le Wisconsin, Robert Sherwood
Pierroz, Philippe, Quand Des Valaisan Colonisaient Le Wisconsin, Robert Sherwood
Swiss American Historical Society Review
For much of the history of the United States, the role of the Swiss immigrants has been reduced to that of a bit player. The traditional history books usually follow immigration patterns along linguistic lines, and the Swiss immigrants did not follow these linguistic lines. Therefore, the Swiss Romand, the Swiss Germans, and Swiss Italians often get labeled as either French, Germans, or Italians when they arrived in the United States.
May, Gregory, Jefferson’S Treasure: How Albert Gallatin Saved The New Nation From Debt, Stacy Gooden
May, Gregory, Jefferson’S Treasure: How Albert Gallatin Saved The New Nation From Debt, Stacy Gooden
Swiss American Historical Society Review
On the south side of the United States Treasury Building located in Washington, D.C. is a prominently placed statue of the likeness of Alexander Hamilton, the nation’s first Treasury Secretary. Other than scholars of American history and economics, few onlookers would have recognized the man from the statue until Lin-Manuel Miranda’s critically acclaimed Broadway stage production Hamilton: An American Musical (2015) resurrected the Secretary’s public historical legacy.
In Memorium . . . Ilse M. Bachmann (Née Langhans) (December 21, 1932-October 12, 2019), Monika Bachmann
In Memorium . . . Ilse M. Bachmann (Née Langhans) (December 21, 1932-October 12, 2019), Monika Bachmann
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Ilse Margarete Langhans was born in Allenstein, East Prussia (in present-day Poland), on December 21, 1932, the only daughter of Wilhelm Langhans and Margarete Emelie Issler. Her father was Oberstadtsgaertner (head city gardener) in nearby Koenigsburg until he was drafted into the German Army during World War II and killed in action, leaving behind Margarete, Ilse, older brother Juergen, and younger brother Dieter to fend for themselves when they and thousands of other ethnic Germans fled Russian forces invading East Prussia in the winter of 1944.
In The Turmoil Of The Civil War: Swiss Emigrant Daniel Schmid Of The Union Army, Fabian Braendle
In The Turmoil Of The Civil War: Swiss Emigrant Daniel Schmid Of The Union Army, Fabian Braendle
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Swiss immigrants to the United States fought in the American Civil War on both sides. About 6,000 fought on the side of the Union, while the number of those who joined the Confederacy is not known.1 Some even rose to prominence reaching the rank of General. Daniel Schmid, a common soldier, who was born in 1834 in the Swiss town of Buchs, Canton St. Gallen, and joined the Union Army of the North. In his autobiography that he wrote for his numerous brothers in Switzerland, Schmid provided much detail about his war experience. It was quite common at the time …
In Memorium: Sabine Jessner Schlinger (1924-2019), Peter Sehlinger
In Memorium: Sabine Jessner Schlinger (1924-2019), Peter Sehlinger
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Sabine Luise Marianne Jessner Sehlinger died in Indianapolis on November 3, 2019. She was a professor of French history; the first woman president of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences; president of the Swiss-American Historical Society; several times president of the Indianapolis Wellesley Club; and the author of articles in historical journals and a biography of Edouard Herriot, French prime minister in the 1920s.
Two Early Nineteenth Century Overseas Emigrants From Näfels, Kanton Glarus, Switzerland: Walter Marianus Hauser And The Colony At Red River, Canada, Susanne Peter-Kubli
Two Early Nineteenth Century Overseas Emigrants From Näfels, Kanton Glarus, Switzerland: Walter Marianus Hauser And The Colony At Red River, Canada, Susanne Peter-Kubli
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Walter Marianus Hauser (1777-1850) was a member of Näfels’ elite society that had gained its wealth and prestige from the foreign military service of Swiss and occupied important public offices in the Canton. At the start of the nineteenth century, that group increasingly lost its importance. While its social prestige endured and its members such as the von Müller, von Bachmann, and von Hauser continued to use their titles of nobility, their economic base, that is highly paid officer positions in foreign military service, had disappeared.
Annual Swiss Days At The Woodrow Wilson Center, Naseer Ahmad
Annual Swiss Days At The Woodrow Wilson Center, Naseer Ahmad
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Since 1864, Geneva has played an important role in international affairs in modern history. The city is also famous for the set of rules known as the “Geneva Conventions.” It is also the birthplace of Henri Dunant, the co-founder of Red Cross, who received the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901. Dunant played a significant role in the First Geneva Convention, as he was in charge of accommodating the attendees.
From Näfels To The United States: Emigrant Portraits From A Town In Switzerland’S Canton Glarus, Susanne Peter-Kubli
From Näfels To The United States: Emigrant Portraits From A Town In Switzerland’S Canton Glarus, Susanne Peter-Kubli
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Only a few, and mainly quite confusing, details are available about Feldmann’s life in Näfels and also about the date of his emigration. It derives, in part, from the fact that two people by the same name were living in Näfels. Both were butchers by profession and both had married women by the last name Müller. Checking the marriage and baptismal records of Näfels finally clarified the matter.
Teju Cole: “I Have Experienced Great Freedom Precisely In Swiss Villages”, Alexandra Kedves
Teju Cole: “I Have Experienced Great Freedom Precisely In Swiss Villages”, Alexandra Kedves
Swiss American Historical Society Review
A metal railing of a viewing terrace is plowing with hard strokes over the panorama picture of Helvetian mountain tops. On another, an orange protection-net covers a construction site. Slats of a shutter traverse the view on yet another photography. And over the postcard idyll of the lake of Brienz a foghorn pushes white and big.
The History Of A Cemetery: An Italian Swiss Cultural Essay, Plinio Martini, Richard Hacken
The History Of A Cemetery: An Italian Swiss Cultural Essay, Plinio Martini, Richard Hacken
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Years ago, there was no cemetery in my village. This absence,
which weighed heavily upon the people as a cruel stroke of
fate, was a result of our village having earlier been part of a neighboring
community, whose more favorable location—sunny and protected
from the north winds—had allowed it to prosper while our community
dwindled.3 After long discussions and arguments, the mountain pastures,
valley meadows and forests—formerly communal property—
were divided up into separate realms with precise boundaries: everything
was written down on parchment and sworn to in the name of
God.
Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Dwight Page
Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Dwight Page
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Although a French national, John Calvin spent a large part
of his career as a pastor and a theologian in Switzerland. Specifically,
he resided in Geneva between 1541 and 1564 and transformed the city
into his beloved Protestant City of God, a safe haven for Protestant
refugees from all over Europe. Indeed, so thorough was the Reformation
in Geneva that the city became known as the Protestant Rome and
the center of the new Protestant faith. In the sixteenth century, at the
time of the Reformation, Geneva was truly the Mecca to which many
Protestants gravitated and to which many …
Militant Switzerland Vs. Switzerland, Island Of Peace, Alex Winiger
Militant Switzerland Vs. Switzerland, Island Of Peace, Alex Winiger
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Two monumental murals depict Switzerland during the
First World War: the votive painting in the Lower Ranft Chapel in
Flüeli-Ranft by Robert Durrer (1867-1934), Albert Hinter (1876-
1957) and Hans von Matt (1899-1985) from 1920-21, and the cycle
of Charles L’Eplattenier (1874-1946) in the Knights’ Hall of the Colombier
Castle from 1915-19, depicting the mobilization of Swiss
soldiers in 1914. They report in rich details how differently artists in
that country saw the war of 1914-18. Both were put into architectural
monuments built around 1500.
Ernest Brog: Bringing Swiss Cheese To Star Valley, Wyoming, Alexandra Carlile, Adam Callister, Quinn Galbraith
Ernest Brog: Bringing Swiss Cheese To Star Valley, Wyoming, Alexandra Carlile, Adam Callister, Quinn Galbraith
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Star Valley is a small community on the western side of Wyoming,
today consisting of the towns Alpine, Afton, Thayne, and others.
The area, sometimes known as “Little Switzerland,” is a thriving
community with a newfound focus on tourism and other businesses
and services. Star Valley was originally settled by pioneers from the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 1870s. At the time
the area was considered the frontier of settlement in the American
West, in which, according to one current Star Valley resident, “people
were just trying to eke out a living.” With harsh winters and …
Niklaus Leuenberger: Predating Gandhi In 1653?, Hans Leuenberger
Niklaus Leuenberger: Predating Gandhi In 1653?, Hans Leuenberger
Swiss American Historical Society Review
The 1653 Peasant War can be subdivided in the following phases:
The beginning of the rebellion in the Entlebuch Valley, Canton
Lucerne. The massive popular revolt under the leadership of Niklaus
Leuenberger, chairman of the “League of Huttwil,” as of the
signing of the Oath of Huttwil [Bundesbrief] with the aim
of a renewal of the Oath of Rütli of 1291 [author’s remark],
through to the conclusion of the Murifeld Peace Treaty.
Canton Ticino And The Italian Swiss Immigration To California, Tony Quinn
Canton Ticino And The Italian Swiss Immigration To California, Tony Quinn
Swiss American Historical Society Review
The southernmost of Switzerland’s twenty-six cantons, the
Ticino, may speak Italian, sing Italian, eat Italian, drink Italian and rival
any Italian region in scenic beauty—but it isn’t Italy,” so writes author
Paul Hofmann1 describing the one Swiss canton where Italian is the
required language and the cultural tie is to Italy to the south, not to the
rest of Switzerland to the north.